The final days of 2018 in Huddersfield are expected to be mild with some unseasonably high temperatures.

But it will become markedly colder as 2019 gets underway.

Over the weekend the weather in Huddersfield will be unseasonably mild with temperatures as high as 12°C (54°F) on Saturday, according to the Met Office. It will be mostly cloudy with a fair chance of rain during the middle of the morning and windy with gusts of up to 42mph.

Sunday will be cloudy, but dry and mild with top temperatures of around 10°C. The dry and mild conditions will continue into Monday (New Year's Eve) with temperatures peaking at 9°C.

Most of New Year's Day (Tuesday) will be mild but temperatures will drop markedly falling to as low as 3°C. It will be mostly cloudy with a chance of sunny intervals.

This will set the pattern for the next few days. Wednesday 2 January will be fairly cold with highs of 5°C and lows of 1°C.